Kyle Lohse had another strong outing, but the Cardinals fell apart late and blew a 3 run lead to lose the final game of their series against the Brewers, 5-3 in 10 innings this afternoon.
Ryan Ludwick ripped an early homerun to put the Cardinals up 1-0, and Lohse made an early contribution at the plate, himself, hitting a 2-run single in the 4th to put the Cards up 3-0. Lohse had the Brewers shut down through 7 innings, but things came apart in the 8th. Lohse allowed consecutive doubles to put Milwaukee on the board. The Brewers used some small ball to move a hit batter around the bases against Ryan Franklin and Randy Flores allowed Prince Fielder to hit a bloop double to tie the game in the 8th. Fielder, who had been quiet this far in the series, came through with the game-winning 2 run homer in the 10th.
Ryan Ludwick was the only Cardinals hitter to muster up multiple hits, going 4-5 with the homerun, a double, 2 runs and an RBI. Kyle Lohse allowed only the 2 runs over 7+ innings pitched, pushing his ERA to 1.48 on the year. The Cardinals will welcome the San Francisco Giants to Busch tomorrow night at 7:15pm (Central time). St. Louis will send Todd Wellemeyer (1-0, 4.00 ERA) to the hill against Giants righty Matt Cain (0-1, 3.24 ERA)
